Silk Chutes and Hard Fighting: U. S. Marine Corps Parachute Units in World War II is a brief narrative of the development, deployment, and eventual demise of Ma

Silk Chutes and Hard Fighting: U. S. Marine Corps Parachute Units in World War II is a brief narrative of the development, deployment, and eventual demise of Ma

This volume is a brief narrative of the development, deployment, & eventual demise of Marine parachute units during World War II. It is published to honor the v

Silk Chutes and Hard Fighting: US. Marine Corps Parachute Units in World War II is a brief narrative of the development, deployment, and eventual demise of Mari

From the turn of the 20th century until the end of World War II, the United States Marine Corps fought a series of "small wars," starting in the Philippines in